A.N. So you are extremely lucky, because a few days ago my lovely laptop decided it wasn't going to turn on. Which of course freaked me out, because guess who didn't save her stories anyplace else beside her laptop? That's right this intelligent person right here. So I was able to get it on eventually and of course the first thing I did was save all my current pieces to my usb stick so the next two times my laptop decided it didn't want to turn on I wasn't as freaked out. So tomorrow or Tuesday I'm going to go take my laptop to a computer place to get it checked out. In the meantime I just can't turn it off apparently. So wish me luck that it's a quick, easy fix and cheap, because currently all my money is going to graduate school and then after that to paying off student loans and then maybe someday to a car of my own, because I'm living on the generosity of my parents still.

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Laugh just a little too loud

Rose stood outside the entrance to the Hufflepuff room laughing hysterically. She didn't notice the first year that approached the door and hesitated at passing her to get to the door. He stood there looking at the older girl slightly fearful before glancing back at the door hesitating at passing Rose to go in.

"Rose?" The first year boy took that moment to slip past the laughing girl into the open entrance to his common room as Scorpius stood in the entrance way wondering why his best friend seemed slightly hysterical.

"Scorpius!" Rose spun around and looked at her best friend, the boy she was in love with than began laughing even harder, falling forward and grabbing Scorpius, holding his shirt in her hands, face pressed against his chest. Scorpius looked down at the girl holding onto his shirt in bewilderment.

"Are you drunk?" he demanded. Rose stopped laughing and looked up at him, into his beautiful gray eyes; she couldn't help herself she grinned at the bemused boy.

"No, not drunk." Rose burst into laughter again falling to the ground.

"Ok." Scorpius said slowly eyes narrowed as he watched his best friend lying on the floor laughing before he picked the girl up into his arms and went through the still open doorway, ignoring the other students who were looking at the pair curiously. A group of third year girls began to whisper among themselves glancing over and giggling at the pair.

Rose stopped laughing and sighed snuggling her head into Scorpius' chest before she found herself on a couch very much not in Scorpius' arms. She looked up at the blond haired boy who was looking at her concerned while refraining from the urge to pout at not being in his arms anymore.

"Are you okay?" he asked softly kneeling down to put his head near hers looking a bit relieved that Rose was not laughing anymore. Rose caught her breath at the nearness of his lips to hers. She looked at Scorpius intently studying his eyes and the shape of his nose and letting her eyes linger on his soft looking lips. Scorpius looked at her, wondering why it was taking so long for her to answer.

"Yes, well, I think so, I just have some stuff to think about, but yea I'll be okay." Rose finally said as she smiled at Scorpius hoping that he'd not ask what stuff she had to think about. Scorpius looked at her. It was on the tip of his tongue to ask Rose what was going on, but remembering the past couple of days, he swallowed his questions.

"Okay." He smiled at her before getting up and holding out his hand to help her up. Rose grabbed it enjoying the warmth of his hand in hers.

"Hey Rose?" Rose turned to see Maria Phillips, a Hufflepuff fifth year calling to her. Scorpius smiled at her as he let go of her hand, much to her disappointment.

"I'll talk to you later." He turned and left the common room. Rose watched him wondering where he was going, then walked over to the fair haired fifth year who smiled at her.

"I have a question about my charms homework." Maria said to Rose. Rose looked at the girl. There was something about her voice… "Rose is so lucky." Her eyes widened as she remembered the conversation that had started this all. She looked at Maria who was giving her a weird look. Maria was the one who fancied Scorpius? Rose forced a smile at the girl who was looking at her a big bemused at the way Rose was looking at her.

"So this is the problem right here, I don't understand," Maria was cut off by Rose who immediately recognized what it was that Maria didn't understand. She herself had had problems with this specific question last year. Rose explained quickly before Maria picked up her quill pausing every few sentences to ask a clarifying question. After a few moments Maria finished writing her answer.

"Thank you Rose." Maria smiled sweetly at the older girl. Rose smiled back before she wandered away and went upstairs to her room. Maria fancied Scorpius. If Rose had had any doubts about her feelings, the surge of rage at Maria that had arisen while assisting her with her homework erased them. Rose sat on her bed in her empty room, her roommates still out. She traced the design on her blankets, red roses that stood out against the black and let her eyes wander. They fell on a picture of her and Scorpius. Rose noticed that Picture her had her arms around Scorpius with her head resting on his shoulder. Rose envied her picture self at that moment. Her fingers tightened in her blankets as she remembered the feel of Scorpius' chest and his arms around her holding her. Rose's eyes drifted shut and she let a smile come over her face at the memory.

"I am in love with Scorpius Malfoy." Rose said to the empty room, letting the words flow out of her mouth, testing them, tasting them. They tasted, right. Once again that day, Rose found herself laughing hysterically. She could just see her family members' faces. Her cousins had no problem with Scorpius, but her parents and her aunts and uncles well; they still didn't realize the extent of her friendship with him.

They knew the two were in the same house and friendly, but not that they were best friends. Rose stopped laughing and sighed. Not that it mattered what her family thought anyway; it wasn't like Scorpius returned her feelings. Right?

A.N. Oooh the big question right there. evil grin